AP Literature: Lesson 5 Vocabulary (No Images) Flashcards
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| 11940833966 | archaic | (adj.) related or belonging to an earlier time (outdated, old-fashioned, ancient, antiquated, obsolete, primitive, antique) | 0 | |
| 11940833967 | carouse | (v.) to take part in wild, noisy merrymaking (booze, drink, frolic, imbibe, play, quaff, revel, riot, roister, spree, wassail) | 1 | |
| 11940837734 | chicanery | (n.) clever deception through the use of misleading or confusing words or acts (dishonesty, duplicity, cheating, deviousness, fraud, ploy, dodge) | 2 | |
| 11940841328 | contentious | (adj.) causing or marked by argument or conflict (antagonistic, combative, argumentative, aggressive, barbaric, disputatious, battling) | 3 | |
| 11940841330 | dissemble | (v.) to conceal with an intent to deceive (camouflage, cloak, counterfeit, cover, fake, falsify, hide, mask, sham, shroud) | 4 | |
| 11940846344 | egregious | (adj.) conspicuously bad; flagrant (atrocious, deplorable, heinous, intolerable, scandalous, nefarious, preposterous) | 5 | |
| 11940848996 | execrate | (v.) to utterly abhor; to denounce as detestable (abominate, excommunicate, censure, condemn, curse, despise, denounce, execrate) | 6 | |
| 11940848997 | fealty | (n.) faithfulness; allegiance (loyalty, constancy, devotion, fidelity, obligation, duty) | 7 | |
| 11940852766 | microcosm | (n.) a small system that operates or develops like a larger system; a miniature world (planet, globe, earth, nature, cosmos, creation, star, universe, heavenly body) | 8 | |
| 11940855695 | paroxysm | (n.) a sudden, violent, and uncontrollable action or occurrence (convulsion, agitation, anger, eruption, explosion, frenzy, fury, outbreak, rage, outburst, passion) | 9 | |
| 11940858240 | pecuniary | (adj.) having to do with money (banking, budgeting, business, economic, fiscal, commercial, financial) | 10 | |
| 11940858241 | rectitude | (n.) high moral character (decency, honesty, integrity, morality, righteousness, virtue, goodness) | 11 | |
| 11940861032 | stratagem | (n.) a clever scheme for gaining an end (gimmick, ruse, subterfuge, wile, con, deception, hoax, fabrication) | 12 | |
| 11940863766 | stultify | (v.) to render useless or ineffectual; to weaken (mock, decay, decline, fester, rust, rot, stagnate, decline, languish, atrophy) | 13 | |
| 11940863767 | vendetta | (n.) a blood feud; a prolonged and bitter feud (bickering, grudge, hostility, quarrel, revenge, rivalry, squabble, conflict, discord, dispute) | 14 |